Wheel.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

H. T. HANSEN.

WHEEL.

' U IT D STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

HANS THEQDORE HANSEN, F, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WH'EEL. I

Specification of Letters Patent T Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Sam... 272,302.

Ta aZZ whom/ it may concern:

Be .aknown that I, HANS THEODORE- HANSEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of com osed America, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukeeand State of Wisconsin, have invented certainI-new anduseful Improvevehicles, incase one of the wheels drops into the advance of the whee merely rotates-without moving forward and A a depression bounded by sharp stone or metal ed es,. such as are common in thestreets of a large "city; When this ha pens, the depression may be of su'chd'ept asto prevent and the latter grinds off the wood against the sharp edges of the depression.

It is the purpose of in invention to-reinforce the wood rim in'suc away as'to fortify it a ainst the grinding action above described,

an at the same time, avoid losing the'tr'ac-v tion and other good points of the-wood rim. To such end, my invention consists in certain novel characteristics 'which'will appear in the referred construction, hereinafter described; will be pointed out in the claims at the end hereof. .j

In the drawin s, Figure 1 is aside elevation of'the comp ete wheel with part ofthe. metallic retainin portions broken away tomore clearly disc ose the wooden segments, and. the metal-reinforcements thereof,- Fig:

2 is an edge elevation of the wheel-with the i wedges; and Fig. 4 is a perspective of one the wooden segments.

central and lower part fcut vertically in the plane2r-2 of Fi 1, to show the. lower portion .of the whee in vertical section; Fig. 3 is a perspective of one'ofthe steel reinforcin 0 Referring to these drawings, A, is a central hub, rovided with a marginal groove,

0, in whic are set,

preferably endways, a series of wedge-shape and the essential features of which cut away at their outer corners, as seenat, b. In the notchesformed at these corners are placed two retaining annular bands or rings, C, C

- tion, so as to fit closely the reduced end portion of the block and extend inwardly over the wider portion. These retainin bands are secured together and upon-the b ocks by gaging devices, to ping outward. So far as teaches,- however, wedges and the wooden blocks is ample to present experience ment'. These wedges are intended tobe arranged a proximately flush with the ends of the woo en'blocks and their end areas may be so proportioned as towearraway, at the as to be gradually crowded inward, as the wooden blocks wear away, taking up any loo'seness between the latter which may develop'rat theouter ends from the wear and .rackmgof the wheels 7 i It is possible to-var these wedges'in many other particulars, wlthout departing from thesplrit of the invention, hence I do not limit the latter to the recise form of'con struction disclosed and escribed. 1

I claim as new and desire to secure'by Let 'ters Patent ing theirismall'ends toward the centerof the wheel and the ,grain of which runs'ra'dially in combination with a series-of radial metal versely of the tread of the wheel, said wedges, being. driven between the wooden wedges to form therewith a solidstructure. 2. A tire comprising wooden wedges havingtheir small ends toward the center of the wheel and the. grain of which runs radially in combination with a series of radial metal blocks, B, preferablywooden blocks and if. desired may'be provided with roughened surfaces, or other enprevent them from slipthe friction between the retain the former against outward displace,

wedges the outer edges of which extend trans-1 preferably angle-shaped in cross-secmeans of bolts or other suitable devices,7D.

blocks same rate as the wooden part of therime I Or,-if desired, they' may be made of such size 1. tire comprising wooden wedges havwedges the outer edges of which extend transversely of the tread of the wheel, said I above application for-Letters Patent at Milwedges beingv driven between the wooden Waukee, in the county of Milwaukee and wedges to form therewith a solid structure, 1 State of Wisconsin. said metal wedgesbeing adapted to move H'ANS THEODORE HANSEN.

5 inward as the surface of the tire i'sworn Witnesses:

down. i v v HATTIE MILQEFFLER,

In witness whereof I. have signed the S.'V. D. TITSWORTH. 

